stepping up
Example Sentences
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With both nations stepping up their threats, mediators have been working to bring diplomacy back on track.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
He didn’t mention Greenland, praised high-spending members for stepping up and spoke of Iran only in passing, the people present said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
SINGAPORE—China said Wednesday that it has found “security backdoor vulnerabilities” in Anthropic’s popular Claude Code, stepping up tensions in the race with the U.S. for artificial-intelligence supremacy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Ukraine has meanwhile struck Russia's oil sector almost every week, while stepping up its drone attacks on supply roads used by Russian forces in occupied areas, according to analysts.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
And there was a kid stepping up to the plate, swinging his bat low, the pine tar sticky on his palms.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
